Staff photo by Fritz Busch The Del Monte Corporation corn eating team of Amy Kral, left, and Jason Fischer, right, won its fifth-straight Buttered Corn Day Corn Eating Contest trophy in Allison Park in Sleepy Eye Friday. Kral and Fischer defeated KNUJ staffers Tom Wheeler, second from left, and Craig Hansen, second from left, 20 ears to 13. The event was one of the highlights of Sleepy Eye’s Buttered Corn Days, which continues today with a variety of events, including a Tour de Corn 15 K bike race at 8 a.m., a Kids Tour de Corn at 9 a.m., a backyard Barbecue Rib contest and tasting from 1 to 4 p.m. at Allison Park, a Car Show and Cruise In downtown, from 1 to 5 p.m., a concert by the Schell’s Hobo Band from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in South Park, and the Grand Parade at 6 p.m.

The Del Monte Corporation corn eating team of Amy Kral, left, and Jason Fischer, right, won its fifth-straight Buttered Corn Day Corn Eating Contest trophy in Allison Park in Sleepy Eye Friday. Kral and Fischer defeated KNUJ staffers Tom Wheeler, second from left, and Craig Hansen, second from left, 20 ears to 13. The event was one of the highlights of Sleepy Eye’s Buttered Corn Days, which continues today with a variety of events, including a Tour de Corn 15 K bike race at 8 a.m., a Kids Tour de Corn at 9 a.m., a backyard Barbecue Rib contest and tasting from 1 to 4 p.m. at Allison Park, a Car Show and Cruise In downtown, from 1 to 5 p.m., a concert by the Schell’s Hobo Band from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in South Park, and the Grand Parade at 6 p.m.